Funded by NERC NE/K000276/1 Lakes and the Arctic Carbon Cycle (Jan 2013-16)

Collaborators: N. John Anderson (PI) Loughborough University, Viv Jones (University College London), Mary Edwards & Pete Langdon (University of Southampton)

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Project summary

The Arctic is changing rapidly, and it is predicted that areas which are today tundra will become tree-covered as warming progresses; a process commonly referred to as "greening”. Such vegetation changes influence nutrient and carbon cycling in soils and ultimately lakes, but the extent to which they will change the storage or release of carbon at a landscape scale is debated. By examining several lakes in three regions (Alaska, Greenland, Russia) we will evaluate a broad range of different vegetation transitions and the associated responses of the lakes as carbon processing foci.